For three decades, Dylan Weaver has created abstract-figurative acrylic paintings, drawing reference points from a wide range of sources, including historical artworks spanning the Medieval Era to 20th-century Modernism, pop culture, and his daily life. Weaver's practice is largely shaped by his struggles with mental illness, which often results in a deep focus on recurrent themes and the development of concentrated series’ of works. These distinct series’, such as “Housewives and Lonely Men,” “Sports,” and “(Biblical) Replicas” visually trace the artist’s connection with history, culture and his own subconscious. Primarily self-taught, Weaver has grown to define a visual language that is gently irreverent, experimental, and wonderfully bizarre.
Dylan Weaver
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